The Office for Statistics Regulation wrote to Neil McIvor about transparency of trust-led school system evidence for education White Paper

18 May 2022 · Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation

The letter is dated 18 May 2022. The Office for Statistics Regulation published it as Ed Humpherson to Neil McIvor: Transparency of trust-led school system evidence for education White Paper. Below are 4 passages from the letter in the regulator's own words.

What the Office for Statistics Regulation wrote

“We have reviewed the document and have identified issues regarding the transparency, quality and replicability of the statistics presented as outlined below.”

“We have spoken to your team responsible for producing the evidence document about the issues raised in this letter and we welcome their plans to update the document.”

“Where data are referred to in the text, links to the sources of data should be clearly set out and enable users to easily find the specific data referenced.”

“We understand that your team is planning on making changes to the evidence document as well as publishing an additional document which will contain the data and associated methodological information.”

From Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation, letter of 18 May 2022. Read the full letter.

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